Gravel pit damaged
I The Hornby C. 1.8. still) ’!seeks vandals who caused] • more than $5OOO worth of) II damage at a gravel pit in) | Hasketts Road, Yaldhurst, at 1 i the week-end. f) The intruders slashed con-) j veyer belts and drive belts ) ion a shingle crusher, threw I • two water pumps into a well, and emptied a tank of more than 1000 litres of diesel. The pumps have been dried and tested, but damage to the crusher would delay production for a week, said the owner of the pit (Mr R T. Rogers). ) Detective Sergeant R. J. I Woolhouse, of the Hornby C. 1.8., said the vandalism appeared to be the work of someone who knew' how 'he pit w’orked, and wanted Jo put it out of action.
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Press, 12 July 1979, Page 5
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